ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross has apologized to two black men who were arrested at a local Starbucks last week for how he handled the press surrounding the incident. Ross said the he “failed miserably” at how he addressed the incident last week when he said […]
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for March For Our Lives(PARKLAND, Fla.) — David Hogg, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who has become a nationally-known anti-gun violence advocate in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school, has urged his more than 750,000 social media followers to boycott […]
Lee County Sheriffs Office(NEW YORK) — The ex-stepdaughter of a Florida woman shot dead — allegedly by a woman seeking to steal her identity — said she was “in total shock” to learn what happened to her beloved family member. Lois Riess, 56, is wanted for allegedly fatally shooting her […]
Groton Police Department(NEW LONDON, Conn.) — A United States Navy sailor has been reported missing in Connecticut after police say he left home and vanished. Jacob Tyler, 24, was last seen leaving his home in Groton Tuesday morning, the Groton Police Department said Wednesday. Taylor is an ensign serving aboard […]
Robert Alexander/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — In the next two weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration will order the inspection of at least 220 Boeing 737 engines following a deadly engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday. The FAA will determine precisely which engines, and their fan blades, need to be inspected […]
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — No criminal charges will be brought in the accidental drug overdose death of Prince, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Prosecutors also announced that Michael T. Schulenberg, the Minnesota doctor who prescribed an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician’s death in 2016, […]
DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office(WOODRIDGE, Ill.) — An Illinois woman is suspected of moving through the shadows of the dark web to carry out a sinister murder-for-hire plot, even using cryptocurrency to mask her identity. Tina Jones, 31, of Des Plaines, Illinois, allegedly paid a dark web company more than […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — After a jury found a New York City nanny guilty of murdering two young children in her care, the slain kids’ father said he hugged as many jurors as he could. Yoselyn Ortega had worked for Marina and Kevin Krim for two years when she killed Lulu […]
ABC News(LITTLETON, Colo.) — “No one ever believed it would happen at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. But hopefully people across the nation, across the state will realize that it can happen in their school.” Those were the chilling words that then-Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis told ABC […]
Google Maps(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — Syracuse University suspended one of its professional fraternity chapters after video surfaced showing members of Theta Tau acting in an “extremely racist” and “homophobic” manner, the university’s chancellor said. The video — made public by the school’s independent newspaper, The Daily Orange, on Wednesday — shows […]
